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Review: Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 7, 2016

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Review by Matt S. When you think of great Square Enix RPG franchises, you’re naturally going to gravitate to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest. You might remember Kingdom Hearts, and, because it’s so recent, Bravely Default. If you’re the smart type you might even be one of the few to…

Review: Mighty No. 9 (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 6, 2016

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Review by Brad L. Well, after what seemed like an eternity, Mighty No. 9 has finally released to the masses. After spending what felt like eternity waiting for the game since it was successfully funded on Kickstarter back in 2013, it’s now time to see exactly how well the game…

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July 6, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. German publishing company Deep Silver is picking up where NISA left off a few months ago when they suddenly decided not to distribute games by Atlus or Sega in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The deal includes both physical and digital releases for a number of…

Pokemon Go is out, and it could turn into something seriously valuable

July 6, 2016

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Impressions by Matt S. Pokemon Go was released globally today, to a great deal of fanfare. Seriously, my Twitter has been filled up with pictures of people’s ‘mons in the real world omigosh for most of the day now. What is Pokemon Go? Well, for those that somehow missed the…

Review: Battle Cats POP! (Nintendo 3DS)

July 6, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Battle Cats is simple. It’s surreal, crazy, and it’s nuts, but it’s also genuine good fun. It features the kind of simple gameplay loops that mark it out for being a free-to-play title (its original release on mobile), but Battle Cats POP! works as a brilliant…

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July 5, 2016

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Review by Harvard L. So it’s 2016, and Capcom wants to make an eSport. Specifically, Capcom Osaka! We really need to talk about this! If you want a quick and easy dissertation about whether this game is good or not, and whether you should buy it, then I’m going to…

I’d like to introduce this new trailer for This Is The Police into evidence

July 5, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. Back in April I posted about This Is The Police, a moral choice strategy adventure by Weappy (I missed the bandwagon for the original Kickstarter campaign). Then I heard nothing, and so I began weeping into my pillow at night while longing for further information about…

Review: Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 5, 2016

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Review by Matt S. A couple of years ago I had all but given up on playing newer editions of Koei Tecmo’s serious strategy games. Both the Nobunaga’s Ambition and Romance of the Three Kingdoms franchises, which have been around for almost as long as games have been, stopped being…

On the social, cultural, and moral implications of Augmented Reality (AR)

July 5, 2016

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Interview by Matt S. I’m a big fan of both virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) – especially AR. Having experienced both in various forms, the technology works, which is important enough, but it also promises to bring the digital world and the real worlds together for the first…

Review: N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 4, 2016

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Review by Matt C. There’s been a welcome surge in first-person adventure games in recent years, but there are still pockets of the community that write these off a “walking simulators” and argue semantics about whether or not they actually qualify as games. Most such games are content to just…

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